What Bad Baby Behavior Are You Willing To Overlook?

There's no toilet paper on the built-in toilet paper holder in our bathroom. There hasn't been for about three weeks now.

But wait! Before you start to worry about my family's hygiene, let me tell you about Emmett's new favorite game.

I go into his closet and take out a roll of toilet paper. (What? You think we have bathroom closets in Brooklyn? Ha!) He spots the roll of toilet paper and follows me into the bathroom. I pop the roll of toilet paper into to built-in toilet paper holder and exit stage left. Emmett stands against the bathroom wall, then bats at the toilet paper roll as quickly as he can. Approximately seven seconds later, nothing but an empty roll remains on the holder, and Emmett is frolicking in a cloudy of freshly fluffed toilet paper. (Yes, it's every bit as adorable as you're imagining.)

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Since I barely have time to wash my hair, I certainly don't have time to re-wrap the toilet paper around the roll. So I started shoving it on the basket on the back of the toilet, which is otherwise reserved for various haircare products.

I know I probably shouldn't be encouraging this mischief. But it's super-adorable, and in the grand scheme of things, it can't really matter, right?